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Sloane Codex (Heb.).

This codex, formerly known as Kenn. 126, is now designated as Sloane 4708. It originally belonged to Da Costa of Amsterdam, and is now in the library of the British Museum. It contains the later prophets. It has no Masoretic notes; but the Keri, vowels, and accents have been added by a later hand. According to Heidenheim, this codex was written between the 6th and 8th centuries; but Strack says, "Hunc codicem esse antiquum libenter concedimus, minime vero plus undecim saecula eum habere demonstratum est, cum e sola literarum figura de librorum Hebraicorum aetate accurate concludi nequeat." Whatever may be the age, the Sloane codex contains a great many various readings as well as omissions. Thus, e.g., we notice:

Isaiah 1:30, עליה, V.D.H. עלה . Isaiah 2:6, וכילדי, V.D.H. ובילדי . Isaiah 3:6,!ידי, V.D.H.!יד . Isaiah 3:18, יסיר אדני יסיר יהוה Isaiah 4:4, יהוה אדני, V.D.H. אדני . Isaiah 6:5, ובתיעִ םטמא שפתי omitted. Isaiah 7:14, הנה omitted. Isaiah 11:11, אדני omitted. Isaiah 17:10, נעמוני, V.D.H., נעמָני . Isaiah 20:1, סרגי omitted. Isaiah 25:11, השחה omitted. Isaiah 27:9, יעקב omitted. Isaiah 51:18, אשר ילדה, V.D.H. ידרה . Isaiah 53:11, יראה and צדיק omitted. Isaiah 56:2, שומר שבת מחללי omitted. Isaiah 56:7, בית omitted. Isaiah 56:11, שבעה והמה דעי םלא ידעו omitted. Isaiah 57:7, ש, V.D.H. שמת . Isaiah 57:15, לב omitted. Isaiah 57:18, לו omitted. Isaiah 60:10,! ישרתונ omitted. Isaiah 60:19,! ל omitted. Isaiah 64:8, נה omitted. Isaiah 65:3, אתי omitted. Isaiah 65:8, עבדי omitted.

These readings we have taken from Heidenhem's Deutsche Vierteljarsschrift fur engilsch-theologische Forschung und Kritik, where in 1, 268-274, 398-405, 553-562; 2, 73-79, the variations and omissions of this codex are noted down. See also Strack, Prolegomena Critica (Lips. 1873), p. 47. (B.P.)